For details about the Advanced submenus, refer to:
oACPI Settings
oCPU Configuration
oSATA Configuration
oPCH-FW Configuration
oUSB Configuration
oIT8768E Super I/O Configuration
oIMT Configuration
oCOM2 Configuration
oEC Watchdog Configuration
BIOS setting |
Description |
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Enable ACPI Auto Configuration |
Enables or disables BIOS ACPI auto configuration. |
Enable Hibernation |
Enables or disables hibernation. This option may be not effective with some OS. |
ACPI Sleep State |
Sets the ACPI sleep state. |
BIOS setting |
Description |
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Hyper-threading |
Enables or disables the Intel hyper threading technology. |
Active Processor Cores |
Enable or disables a number of cores in each processor package. |
Limit CPUID Maximum |
Disable for Windows XP. |
Execute Disable Bit |
Enables or disables the no-execution page protection. |
Intel Virtualization Technology |
Enables or disables Intel virtualization technology. When enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool technology. |
Hardware Prefetcher |
Enables or disables the Mid Level Cache (L2) streamer prefetcher. |
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch |
Enables or disables the Mid Level Cache (L2) prefetching of adjacent cache lines. |
CPU AES |
Enables or disables the CPU Advanced Encryption Standard instructions. |
Boot performance mode |
This Item allows users to select the performance state that the BIOS will set before OS handoff. |
EIST |
Enables or disables Intel SpeedStep.. |
CPU C States |
Enables or disables CPU C states. |
ACPI CTDP BIOS |
Enables or disables ACPI CTDP BIOS support. |
Configurable TDP Level |
Select Configurable TDP Level. |
Config TDP Lock |
Enable or disable Config TDP Lock. |
BIOS setting |
Description |
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SATA Controller(s) |
Enable or disable SATA devices. |
SATA Mode Selection |
Select SATA mode selection. (Determines how SATA controllers operate). |
Aggressive LPM Support |
Enable or disable PCH to aggressively enter link power state. |
SATA Speed Support |
Indicates the maximum speed the SATA controller can support. |
Serial ATA Port 1 |
Enable or disable serial ATA port. |
Serial ATA Port 1 HotPlug |
Designates this port as hot pluggable. |
Serial ATA Port 2 |
Enable or disable serial ATA port. |
Serial ATA Port 2 HotPlug |
Designates this port as hot pluggable. |
Serial ATA Port 3 |
Enable or disable serial ATA port. |
Serial ATA Port 3 HotPlug |
Designates this port as hot pluggable. |
Serial ATA Port 4 |
Enable or disable serial ATA port. |
Serial ATA Port 4 HotPlug |
Designates this port as hot pluggable. |
BIOS setting |
Description |
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MDES BIOS Status Code |
Enable or disable MDES BIOS status code. |
fTPM Device Selection |
Select GPDMA work-around or MSFT QFE solution. |
TPM Device Selection |
Enable or disable TPM device selection. (PTT or dTPM. PTT-Enables PTT in SkuMgr dTPM 1.2 - Disables PTT in SkuMgr informing! PTT/dTPM is disabled and all data saved on it is lost. |
Firmware Update Configuration |
ME FW Image Re-Flash: Enable or disable ME FW image re-Flash function. |
BIOS setting |
Description |
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Legacy USB Support |
Enable or disable legacy USB support. Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. Disable option keeps USB devices available only for EFI applications. |
USB3.0 Support |
Enable or disable USB3.0 (XHCI) controller support. |
XHCI Hand-off |
Enable or disable XHCI hand-off. This is a work-around for OS without XHCI hand-off support. The XHCI ownership modify is claimed by XHCI driver. |
EHCI Hand-off |
Enable or disable EHCI hand-off. This is a workroom for OS without EHCI hand-off support. The EHCI ownership modify is claimed by EHCI driver. |
USB Mass Storage Driver Support |
Enable or disable USB mass storage driver support. |
USB transfer time-out |
Select time-out section. The time-out value for control, bulk, and interrupt transfers. |
Device reset time-out |
Select device time-out section. USB mass storage devices start unit command time-out. |
Device power-up delay |
Select device power-up section. Maximum time the device takes before it properly reports itself to the host controller. Auto uses a default value: for a root port, it is 100 ms, for a hub port the delay is taken from the hub descriptor. |
IT8768E Super IO Configuration Submenu
BIOS setting |
Description |
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Serial Port 1 Configuration |
Serial Port: Enable or disable the COM port. |
Serial Port 2 Configuration |
Serial Port: Enable or disable the COM port. |
BIOS setting |
Description |
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CPU Shutdown Temperature |
Select CPU shutdown temperature. |
IMT WatchDog IRQ |
Select iManager IRQ number eBrain watchdog. |
Backlight Enable Polarity |
Switch backlight enable polarity for native or invert. |
Hardware Monitor |
Monitor hardware status. |
Optional COM2 Configuration Submenu
BIOS setting |
Description |
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COM2 UART mode setting |
Select RS-232 or RS-422/485 mode. The default setting is RS-232 mode. |
Optional EC Watchdog Configuration Submenu
BIOS setting |
Description |
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EC Watchdog setting |
Select EC watchdog setting. |